Screenwriting Fundamentals: The Art and Craft of Visual Writing is a workshop in a book – take a step-by-step approach to screenwriting starting with a blank page, and work through the book to a first draft. Written in an approachable anecdote-infused style that’s full of humor, the book covers the basics of screenwriting, starting with character then moving to location and timeframe, with a strong emphasis on the visual components and transitions. The second half of the book focuses on the narrative aspect of screenwriting, the treatment and finishing the First Draft. Irv Bauer shows the screenwriter how to put the screenwriting pieces together and takes the process of writing out of the cerebral, and into the practical.
